Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 6. (Budapest, 1963)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Tóth, Edit: Water-Pots with Gujarati Inscriptions in the Museum

Fig. 4. Water-pot, Gujarat, late 17th century fan, shows her devotion to a ten-armed and five-headed god, sitting in dhyänäsana. The worked-up hair (jatä) bears out the inference that we are faced by the five-headed incarnation of Siva, i. e., Sadäsiva® (Fig. 5). In the third band we find the already familiar division into twelve fields, with scenes from the Dasävatära^. The fourth line contains Saivya emblems. Probably the appearance of Siva Vatuka or Batuka Bhairava was depicted in the first field. Similarly to Lakulisa, he is a popular divine figure among the inhabitants of Western India. Just as in the case of Lakulisa, the identification is open to doubt in this instance, as the god also wears a mukuta on his head. His dhyänäsana position and having two hands only is another difference from the usual représentait?'